lone wolf

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n.
One who prefers to go without the company or assistance of others. Also called lone hand.


A person who prefers to do without the company or assistance of others. For example, Her nursery school teacher described Beth as a lone wolf, an assessment her parents found astonishing. This expression alludes to the tendency of some species of wolf to hunt alone rather than in packs. [c. 1900]

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Lone Wolf, d. 1879, Kiowa Chief. He led some Kiowas on raids in 1874 after his son had been killed by whites, but he was defeated and with a number of followers was deported to Florida, where he remained in military confinement for three years; he died one year after his release.

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One Dangerous Night (1943 Crime Film)
The Lone Wolf Returns (1936 Drama Film)
wolf (Idiom)